I had never used clay to sculpt anything until just recently. I watched a youtube video on how to work with air drying clay and went out and picked some up. Since I had no plan on what to with it I let it sit around for months unopened. When I finally did open it and try something it didn’t work and I got busy so I put it away for another couple of months. But since I started this blog, and my Unplanned Pregnancy Series brought with it some heavy emotions and I suddenly felt I needed the clay. I still had no clue what I wanted to do make it but I worked with it anyway. A result has already been shared in a previous post but that wasn’t the final result. This is what I now call Heavy Metal Warrior, she was formerly known as Namaste Motherfuckers (see photo).
Working the clay gave me immense satisfaction, and with such strong emotions driving my thoughts it was prudent to take lots of breaks. With each break I squished that clay as hard as I could through my fingers, I rolled it around to form a ball and then I squished it some more. I pulled it to pieces and put it back together.
The clay abosorbed my anger and pain and forced my triggered system to slow down. My mind changed from “what the fuck do I do with all these emotions?” to “why not create something beautiful?”.
As an aside, the clay also prevents me from eating everything not nailed down as I break free from smoking.
My Phoenix Rising 